Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Deadly effect of Ebola outbreak
The Ebola epidemic was the worst in history
Researchers in the US say the Ebola outbreak in three West African states is likely to have led to nearly twice as many deaths as thought because it diverted health resources away from other deadly diseases.
Their study calculates that this indirectly caused 10,000 more people to die in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia - almost as many as were killed in the Ebola outbreak.
The researchers from the Yale School of Public Health say treatments for malaria, HIV/Aids and tuberculosis were the worst hit - because of the overwhelming pressure on health systems in the region.
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